Music Hall Fire 1919

Star Item

Description

Item title reads: "Kingston-on-Thames - Music Hall Fire - £5,000 conflagration at the famous up-river Empire."

Kingston-on-Thames, London, England

WS. Pan from fire damaged ceiling towards "gods". WS Of box with timber piled against up pan across debris in the auditorium. Shots of...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
29927
Sort Number:
G 0572
Time in/Out:
01:12:08:00 / 01:12:43:00
Canister:
G 572
Film ID:
186.07
Issue Date:
16/06/1919

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Dairy Show

Dairy Show

A look at some of the animals on display at the Dairy Show at Agricultural Hall.

Dairy Show

Dairy Show

Girls milk cows and churn butter at the Dairy Show in London's Agricultural Hall.

Refugees From Belfast

Refugees From Belfast

Refugees arrive at Marlborough Hall From Belfast.

£200,000 Fire (Short Version)

£200,000 Fire (Short Version)

Fire devastates Oulton Hall - destroying many old treasures.

£200,000 Fire (Long Version)

£200,000 Fire (Long Version)

Fire at Oulton Hall; 6 lives and many art treasures are destroyed.

Music Festival On Strings

Music Festival On Strings

Massed band of banjos and mandolins play in festival in London.

Alice In Funland

Alice In Funland

Little girl enjoying various rides at a show set up in Royal Horticultural Hall, London.

New Nurses Uniforms

New Nurses Uniforms

Nurses show off latest uniforms at Seymour Hall, London.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
WW1animals
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler